Comment Re:First responder perspective (Score 1) 187
the feeble excuse from EV vendors that it causes interference is absolutely bullshit: we figured out how to solve that problem a long time ago.
Uh, as I understand it, it isn't that AM radio interferes with the car. It's that the car interferes with AM radio. It can be solved, certainly, but am I willing to pay for extra shielding in my EV so that it doesn't interfere with my ability to listen to AM radio?
Comment VW Polo? (Score 1) 135
Is it still Small but tough?
Comment Re:EVs are already better for most non-commercial (Score 1) 135
I'm surprised EREVs are not used in heavy duty pickup trucks, where you need the insane amount of torque at low speed.
Well, Dodge is coming out with one.
Comment Re:X86 chips still run rings around arm processors (Score 1) 89
The relationship between them frosted over when Steve Jobs refused to let Flash onto the iPhone
I'd say it was before that: NAB '98, when Adobe refused to put a Mac in their booth running Premier.
Comment Re:You just know... (Score 1) 22
Nah. Airwolf Theme
Comment Which way? (Score 1) 58
Which way can I go?
Comment Re:Misleading Title (Score 1) 131
The reality is that they are changing the F-150 lightning to a Extended Range Electric Vehicle(EREV). An EREV is a hybrid electric. It is an electric vehicle that uses an engine to run a generator when the battery gets too low.
I thought that was a "serial hybrid." The fact that they keep the "Electric Vehicle" in the name tells me that maybe all this "EVs Bad!" talk is just that.
Comment Obligatory... (Score 1) 34
"I can see my house from here..."
Comment Re:Stupid thesis. (Score 1) 83
Actually, IMHO, it's pretty good fake cheese.
Comment Re:Reliant Robin (Mr Bean 3-wheel Car) (Score 1) 54
The wheel is in the back, not the front. So it's more like an enclosed Can-Am Spyder.
Comment Re:Cool (Score 1) 32
Missed it by that much.
Comment Just curious... (Score 2, Funny) 57
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy [...]
Was the pilot a member of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force?
Comment Re:Cry me a river. (Score 1) 101
Even if there are cameras in the vehicle, someone is eventually going to vandalize it somehow.
The only reason that doesn't happen now is because someone is in the front seat?
Comment Re:Cry me a river. (Score 3, Interesting) 101
Self-driving cars are a lot more capital intensive, because Über would have to buy them, whereas they don't have to buy the human-driven cars they use at the moment.
Would they?
As you mentioned, right now, they don't have to pay for the cars. But if self-driving cars become popular, they could use the same business model.
Imagine I have a self-driving car. I have it drive me to work. I walk into the office, pull out my phone, log into Uber and say I'm available. Uber then sends me a notification that someone wants to go from A to B. I say, "OK," and send the car off to A. The person climbs in and I tell the car to go to B. They get out and I tell the car to come back to the office. My car makes me money while I also get paid to sit in a boring meeting. Life is good.
